Reverse Trendelenburg Positioning and Its Effect on Outcomes: a Retrospective Study of Consecutive Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Aspiration, Respiratory, Hypoxia, Perioperative Period, Supine Position

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether intraoperative reverse Trendelenburg positioning decreases postoperative hypoxemia and perioperative pulmonary aspiration rates.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02984657

Run by

C. Michael Dunham

People needed

1500

Starts

2015-05-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing endotracheal intubation and general anesthesia
• Age ≥18 years
• Glasgow Coma Scale score ≥13 (prior to tracheal intubation)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists classification I-IV
• Pre-operative pulmonary stability

You may not qualify if…

• Tracheal intubation prior to emergency department arrival
• Cardiac and thoracic surgical patients

Where it is running

• St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital — Youngstown, Ohio, United States

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